Child Speech and Construction Grammars: A Theoretical-Descriptive Perspective

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  • Lara Lorenzo Herrera Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  • David Navarro Ciurana Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

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https://doi.org/10.7203/QF.29.28711

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construction grammar, acquisition, child speech, emergentism

Abstract

Child language acquisition is a complex process that evolves from an initially meaning-centred grammar towards the consolidation of formal meta-communicative and grammatical skills. This development requires an approach that recognises its peculiar nature and uses units to identify and analyse patterns of change. Construction grammar provides adequate theoretical-descriptive tools to examine children’s grammars by systematising constructions that are articulated through the operation of cognitive and linguistic processes. These processes materialise the evolution of child language.

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2024-12-21

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Lorenzo Herrera, L., & Navarro Ciurana, D. (2024). Child Speech and Construction Grammars: A Theoretical-Descriptive Perspective. Quaderns De Filologia - Estudis Lingüístics, 29, 67–82. https://doi.org/10.7203/QF.29.28711
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Vol. 29 (2024): New Approaches to Construction Grammar(s)

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